Hose-sprinkler



J. W. KILL'AM. Hose Sprinkler.

(No Model.)

Patented March 1, I881.

ILPETERS, PHOTO-UTHDG APKER, WASHINGTON u c.

supported by the ribs or flanges D D.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. KILLAM, OF LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

HOSE-SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,295, dated March 1,1881. Application filed September 21, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. KILLAM, of Lakewood, in the county ofOcean and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Nozzles to be Attached to Hand-Hose, which improi'ementis fully set forth in the being .had to the accompanying drawings.

The objectof my invention is to furnish an attachment which may beeasily and cheaply applied to a common hand-hose, either of a handforce-pump or of city or village waterworks, which will throw a finespray upon any object on which it may be directed, and at the same timehave no liability to clog up to obstruct its Working by any foul matterin the water by throwing an independent jet or stream of water against aflat or slightly curved surface in such a manner as to deflect the samefrom a direct line and break it into a spray coarser or finer as it ismore or less deflected from a right line, and as it is projected withmore or less force for the purpose of watering or washing plants,carriages, windows, sides of buildings, trees, 850., and various otherpurposes.

Figure l is a horizontal view of my improvement as attached to a hosewith a straight plain discharge-pipe, A, by a socket, B, which slipsover the outside of the discharge-pipe A. C is the deflecting-plate,held in its place and (Shown more fully in Fig. 2.)

Fig. 2 is a vertical view ofthe same.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

'Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the dotted lines E E, Fig. 1, showingthe space G between the orifice in the end of the dischargepipe A andthe deflecting-plate O. The socket or sleeve B must be of such size asto let the end of the discharge-pipe A enter about as far asrepresented, and not much farther, to produce its best effect. Tomanufacture this form of my improvement I take "sheet-brass or othermetal of a suitable thickness, about No. 24, and

out out a piece of suitable size and shape, and work it into the formrequired, either by stampfollowing specifications, reference 'ingoif thecommon nozzle and Fig. 4 is a central vertical section, showing how Imake my improvement to put on the discharge-pipe ot' a common hand-hoseby takscrewing my improvement in its place. I also make this form fromsheet metal soldered up, except the screw-socket, which is made of castmetal.

To attach myimprovement to the hose-pipe of a city or villagewater-works, I unscrew the common nozzle and screw in its place a plaindischarge-pipe, with the socket or sleeve of my improvement slipped overor soldered on it, as preferred.

I disclaim a hose-nozzle or sprinkler constructed as represented inUnited States Patent N 0. 9,520, dated January 4:, 1853, to RichardHollings; also, United States Patent No. 142,719, dated September 9,1873, to Amos Nickerson, as I dispense with the regulating apparatuswith which they change the angle of the deflecting-plate with the axisof the jet or stream from the discharge-pipe; whereas in mine, beingmade of one piece of metal, there is no adjustment made after it ismanufactured, as they may be made of different angles to suit dilferentpurposes, the projection G on the socket or sleeve B answering thepurpose of lowering the deflecting-plate O below the end of thedischarge-pipe A, as is accomplished in theirs by their hingedapparatus.

I claim As a new article of manufacture, the hosesprinkler, formed of asingle piece of cast or sheet metal, and consisting of thedeflectingplate 0, having flanges D D, projection G, and socket orsleeve B, substantially as set forth and described.

JOSEPH W. KILLAM.

Witnesses:

I SAAG A. NANSTISE, ALBERT M. BRADSHAW.

